HiI have a Specialiced Epic 2013 29 2013, and i think the weight of this bike is around 12,4 Kg.I would like to get this down a bit without spending a lot of money. As an example I am not interested in spending £100 on the stem just to get 50g off.

I am thinking new wheelset af the first thing to upgrade. I have heard that the standard wheelset is around 2100g. I am thinking in getting a set of American Classic race, whitch I have read is good value for the money? What do you think? I weigh 70 kg and should be in the good range for the wheels.

How would you do it (In what order would you replace components)?Would you start by replacing another thing? What would you say is a good deal g vs. money to replace?

I have the 2012 version, and your best dollar/gram saved is going to be in wheels. It has been covered in a few different threads in the Speci forum on mtbr if you're looking for options. I went with Stan's crests with their standard hubs, tubeless and it was about a 1.5lb+ weight savings versus the stock setup with tubes. The next biggest weight suck on that bike (from my research is the cassette), although expensive to replace with something like xx or xtr, the stock pg-1030 in 11-36 that came on mine is listed around 395g!

I've got the 2013 Epic Carbon Comp which has the same wheels as yours. The standard Roval wheels weighed 958g front and 1178g rear on mine. The replacement Hope Hoops with Stans Crest rims weighed in at 781g front and 918g rear saving 437g.

If you're in the UK, there's some discount codes floating about for Wiggle which offer £50 off a £300 spend. If you use this you'll be getting the wheels for £250 and I can't imagine a much bigger weight saving for that outlay. As a side note, my Epic also feels a lot better to ride with the lighter wheels fitted.

The next biggest weight suck on that bike (from my research is the cassette), although expensive to replace with something like xx or xtr, the stock pg-1030 in 11-36 that came on mine is listed around 395g!????

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